Silent Transport

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Silent Transport Ltd. was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

WM Scully founded the company in Guildford in 1941 . In 1946 the company moved to 26 Courtenay Road in Woking . In 1948 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Eaglet . Production ended in the same year. A total of six or seven copies were made. In addition, the company equipped some vehicles that originally had a gasoline engine with an electric motor . One source mentions the Opel Kadett and Fiat 500 Topolino models in this regard .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. This was an electric car with a coupe body. It only had three wheels, the single wheel of which was in the front. An electric motor propelled the vehicle. The maximum speed was specified with 48 km / h and the range with 40 km to 50 km.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Eaglet.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 479. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 , p. 218. (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Eaglet.
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 479. (English)
  3. ^ George Nick Georgano: The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 3. Edition. Dutton Verlag, New York 1982, ISBN 0-525-93254-2 , p. 218. (English)